Close Relationships: Incest and Inbreeding in Classical Arabic Literature
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1. Verfasser: Van Gelder, Geert Jan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London I.B. Tauris & Co. 2005
Schriftenreihe:Library of Middle East history
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Beschreibung:Close Relationships is Geert Jan van Gelder's groundbreaking and comprehensive study of the diverse facts and opinions concerning incest and close-kin marriage found in literary and non-literary pre-modern Arabic texts. The pre-Islamic Arabs knew about the dangers of inbreeding; the Qur'an formulates the basic principles of marriage impediments in Islam, which were elaborated by generations of jurists. Incest is a motif found in lampoons, anecdotes, stories, legends, dream interpretation, and polemics with other religions, in particular the Zoroastrians, who in pre-Islamic times allegedly reco
Abbreviations and Conventions; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: Stunted Nobility; Chapter Two: Magian Marriages; Chapter Three: Islamic Incest Regulations; Chapter Four: Incest in Legend and Literature; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Beschreibung:288 pages
ISBN:9780857711458
0857711458
1282527908
9781282527904

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